Direct Care Staff

Position: Full Time Direct Care Staff
Overview

Our Commitment to Equity

The Y actively promotes a culture free from bias and injustice. We are dedicated to removing institutional and systemic barriers that result in oppression and racism. We will be accountable to marginalized communities for creating equitable and sustainable environments where social justice is woven into every facet of our programs, and by caring for our communities in a culturally versatile and respectful manner.

Job Summary

The Direct Care Staff position is a great opportunity to join a dynamic team providing 24-hour shift supervision for youth and young adults, ages 16-18, in an Adolescent Transitional Living Program. In partnership with DCYF, this exciting new program will serve up to 5 young people at any one time and will focus on providing daily supervision, individualized support, age-appropriate interventions, developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive independent living skills activities, and preparation for independent housing with a trauma informed and empowering approach.

This position is on site at our Northgate housing location.

This position is at the Social Impact Center Y, the social services branch of YMCA of Greater Seattle (YGS). The mission of the Social Impact Center Y is to accelerate young people's ability to build safe, successful, and happy lives. Every year, we serve 5,000 children, youth, young adults, and families across King County with programs that aim to strengthen young people's ability to develop to their fullest potential through four strategies: reducing risk factors;

navigating systems towards successful life transition; ensuring stability, safety and wellness in times of crisis; and building competencies and social capital. The Social Impact Center Y's programs include housing, behavioral health, foster care licensing, violence prevention, education, and employment. Many of the young people we serve have had involvement in the foster care, criminal justice system, and/or homelessness systems.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time, in person position with expected hours of 8am-4pm Tuesday-Saturday

What you'll get from working at The Y

* Membership to the YMCA of Greater Seattle for you and your household

* Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance

* Retirement with 12% employer contributions after 2 years of services - see Y Retirement for more information. Other Savings plans available upon hire.

* Free access to mental health resources

* Rapidly accruing paid time off (PTO)

* Discounts on qualifying YMCA of Greater Seattle childcare, day camp, overnight camp and outdoor leadership programs. 25% for part-time staff, 50% for full-time staff.

* Direct care staff in the Social Impact Center receive monthly personal Wellness days in addition to existing PTO and Paid Holiday benefits

* Some benefits only available to full-time staff

Hiring Range: $24.00 - $27.00/hour

Responsibilities

* Provides general support to young adults in education, employment/career development, housing, technology, or other designated field and supports them in achieving their goals.

* Build strong relationships with Y program participants to effectively provide quality services.

* Develops or assists development of individualized, strengths-based, youth-driven service plans.

* Must understand contract/grant terms and conditions to ensure program outcome requirements are met and services rendered to young adults appropriately.

* Maintains clear, professional, timely participant contact notes, service plans, progress updates, outcomes, and other documentation in designated databases.

* Provide direct serve and referrals to with a focus on under-served populations in South King County area.

* Teams effectively and collaboratively with YMCA staff and/or community partners to plan and facilitate activities, including visits to related resources in the community.

* Builds and maintains collaborative relationships with funding liaisons, other service providers, businesses and/or educational institutions as related to specialized services.

* Supports participant success in key domains such as safe and stable housing, permanent connections to supportive adults, education and employment, health and well-being, and life skills.

* Supports the day-to-day routines of the house such as meal preparation, supervising residents as they complete daily chores and activities of daily living, household laundry, medication management, and group activities.

* Oversee the safety and cleanliness of the program. Perform regularly assigned cleaning tasks and submit maintenance requests as needed.

* Accompanies residents to individual appointments and as a group for community outings.

* Completes critical organizational and administrative program tasks.

* Teams effectively and collaboratively with other staff and/or community partners to plan and facilitate activities.

* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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